David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

Stand Still

1. Message will come and it usually not overwhelming2. Social parts will not be remembered–attitude is all that remains3. I do not remember the details, I only remember how I felt later–at the time I remember nothing4. All the pain comes in the response, or in the attitude definitly the response or the right to…
Routine

1. Schedule sponteniety2. Listen3. Everything happens for a reason4. Creativity requires percision & percision requires practice5. Prayer is never routine6. I don’t complain about breathing
Geometric Progression

Mike brought this topic up & so I followed up on it. He basically explained it as logorythmic. I asked Bryan & I am not sure what he said. A(subK)=r(totheK) Still not sure I understand exactly what this means.
Service

1. All about patience2. Know the requirements3. Understand the power of a reboot4. Follow the instructions5. Register the product6. Validate all the settings7. Retrieve information8. Test–“quick” process9. Clean10. Allign
Solitude

1. Move away to avoid expectations2. Clarity in lack of distractions3. Belief in inner trusths being somehow more true4. God talks guietly5. Traditional6. Increases honesty 7. Audience of one
This Is A Day

1. Be Quiet2. Patience is a virtue3. Show Your Work4. Understand the Art of Understanding5. Be kind, poetic, and light6. I wish that my two way prayer sessions were more creative.7. I wis that my 2wp sessions were somehow more down to earth
Journey

1. Where you start does not matter2. The destination changes as you travel3. The motivation for movement is change–the will to know is a desire for change4. Research is importatn before starting out5. Paying attention is very important
Tacita Dean, Kodak (detail), 2006 Still from a black-and-while and color film in 16mm, 44 minutes

When I see images like this, I generally do not consider it art–or maybe I do not see it as complete art. So much of the detail is not in the scene–the boxes at the bottom are cut off, the nobs move across the image in a way that makes me see that I am…
St. Gregory The Great, Pastoral Care

He, therefore, who sets himself to act evilly and yet wishes others to be silent, is a witness against himself, for he wishes himself to be loved more than the truth, which he does not wish to be defended against himself. There is, of course, no man who so lives as not sometimes to sin,…
12/10/06

1. Some sins are not deadly–that does not mean that they don’t lead to deadly sins2. John the baptist and jesus were six months apart in age3. Qur’an had stuff about the relationship goal is rest. I like that and I am not sure that I find that in the bible. That the goal of…